What Insomniac Can Learn From X-Men Origins: Wolverine

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Wolverine and the X-Men as a collective were not unfamiliar with great games; though their success was largely only across two dimensions. When it came to the 3d stuff, Wolverine hadn’t taken home any awards, until the release of X-Men Origins Wolverine. Ask anyone at the time if they thought this game was good and they’d say on paper it was repetitive, had pacing issues, and lacked an engaging story, but in spite of it all, they enjoyed what was there, because the gameplay was so fluid, fun, and had so much room for creativity that they still came back to it. If you asked me a week ago, I’d say I never played it. Look, I’m sorry, I heard it was good, but it just never appealed to me as much as the bat and the spider. Plus, if I want a short, feisty, Canadian I can look to my girlfriend. But, on a random day, bored of the usual Ubisoft slop I downloaded it and my god, I had no idea what I was missing.

You know? Only a decade ago, good superhero games were still a hot commodity. For every Arkham Asylum and City there were endless duds like The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, Spider-Man Friend or Foe sigh poor guy, but there was also that one thor video game that sucked, a green lantern game that sucked, multiple iron man games that were just fine, and even the Deadpool game that I recently covered on the channel weren’t received super well. Superhero games that were worth the price of admission were hard to find, and you’d assume to find them associated with a titan like Spider-Man. But who would have thought that a game about Wolverine would be so good? Well, just about everyone.

With the popularity of superhero games being revitalised by the Arkham series and with the God of War series too ushering in a new age of gory beat em ups; a game featuring a brutal Marvel character was guaranteed to be a recipe for success. ghost rider Well, ok, I guess you have to bring some originality to the table; so how about instead of bathing in fire let's bathe in lots and lots of blood. Maybe instead of using a character that had only seen mainstream success from admittedly fun movies, we look to a character who had established wide appeal prior to a movie.

Wolverine has seen a slight surge in popularity after the Deadpool and Wolverine film, otherwise known as Deadpool 3. X Men Origins Wolverine is the best Wolverine game, which might change when the Insomniac Wolverine makes his debut in Marvels Wolverine. While there is a lot Insomniac can learn from the game, especially in the moments with Wolverine vs Deadpool, Wolverine vs Sabertooth, and Wolverine vs Gambit, they also need to see the games pitfalls in order to make a great X Men video game, more specifically, a great Wolverine game. Granted, this new Wolverine shouldn't retread everything mentioned in this X Men Origins Wolverine review, but this X Men Origins Wolverine retrospective, focusing on X Men Origins Wolverine Uncaged Edition for the 7th generation of consoles will outline what works and what doesn't. Of course, a lot of focus will be placed on the X Men Origins Deadpool, because what even is that?